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Com growing contest, Illinois, institution and result, 1904, 489-492. 

 early offer of premiums to boys, 1904, 524. 

 Hawaii, remarks, 1903, 89. 



introduction into Hawaiian Islands, note, 1901, 514. 

 profitable, poor land as bar, 1903, 177. 

 treatment of unproductive spots in fields, 1903, 178. 

 weather conditions, crop season, notes, 1901, 645-655; 1902, 700-711; 

 1903, 528-542; 1904, 560-576; 1905, 585-599. 

 imports, 1901, 794; 1902, 858; 1903, 686; 1904, 727; 1905, 768. 

 improved cultivation, remarks, 1902, 598. 

 improvement, by seed selection, article by C. P. Hartley, 1902, 539-552. 



Illinois experiment station, 1902, 95. 

 in food of bobwhite, remarks, 1903, 197, 198. 

 inbreeding, detrimental effect, discussion, 1905, 388-391. 

 influence of environments on composition, 1901, 303. 

 insect damage, remarks, 1904, 465^66. 



insects injurious, 1901, 675; 1902, 729; 1903, 563; 1904, 601, 602; 1905, 634. 

 judging in boys' contests in Illinois farmers' institutes, 1903, 156. 

 kernels in seed selection, 1902, 547. 

 land, crop rotation, lack, 1902, 520. 

 meal, quality, remarks, 1904, 431. 

 mixing of breeds, note, 1901, 235. 

 ocean rates. United States to Liverpool 1905, 760. 

 on dairy farm, note, 1902, 359. 

 outlook, spring, 1904, 562. 



planter, use in cotton cultivation, notes, 1903, 133. 

 planters, tests and conclusions, 1904, 112. 



planting by farm boys for exhibit at Illinois farmers' institutes, 1903, 155. 

 depth, illustrations for rural schools, 1905, 271. 

 discussion, 1903, 184-188. 

 distance apart for rows, remarks, 1903, 176. 

 machines, advantages, 1903, 185. 

 with lister, advantages, 1903, 186-187. 

 plowing as protection from root aphides, 1905, 472. 



in preparation of swamp land, 1905, 469. 

 price, relation to rainfall, 1903, 220. 

 quality, 1902, 540. 

 prices, wholesale, in leading cities. United States, 1901, 703-704; 1902, 766-767; 



1903, 591-592; 1904, 633-635; 1905, 662-663. 

 production and value, remarks by Secretary, 1904, 11; 1905, 10. 

 proportion of shelled corn to cob, breeding experiment, 1902, 542-543.. 

 raising contests for Illinois boys, premiums, 1903, 157. 

 rootworm, damage to corn crop, 1904, 465. 



destruction by crop rotation, 1905, 468. 

 rotation with grass, mistake to be avoided, 1905, 468. 

 seed, buying, advisability, 1902, 551. 

 good, value, 1902, 765. 

 grading for planter, 1905, 410. 

 keeping through winter, 1902, 550. 

 patch, importance, 1902, 548. 

 production, probable profit, 1904, 190. 

 selection of ears, 1902, 545, 549. 



time and manner, 1902, 549. 

 smut, damage, remarks, 1902, 221. 



note, 1903, 554. 

 soils, ideal, study, 1905, 68. 

 statistics; acreage, production and value, 1901, 697-705; 1902, 760-768; 1903, 



586-592; 1904, 626-635; 1905, 656-663. 

 transportation rates, 1904, 644. 

 varieties and recommendations, 1905, 411. 



mixing by wind, 1902, 541. 

 visible supply. United States and Canada, 1903, 586; 1904, 627; 1905, 656. 

 water used by growing of one crop, estimate, 1903, 180. 

 wheat, and cotton, outlook, spring, 1904, 1904, 562. 

 yield and quality, possibilities of improvement, 1902, 539. 



of 100 to 130 bushels average per acre, in Pennsylvania, cultivation, 1903, 



182. 

 relation of precipitation, article by J. Warren Smith 1903 215-224. 



